Hen harrier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
    northern harrier; marsh hawk; Circus cyaneus.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a hawk (Circus cyaneus), found in Europe and America; called also dove hawk, henharm, henharrow, hen driver, and usually, in America, marsh hawk. See Marsh hawk.

Webster 1913